Heisman winner adds to award stack

Leinart has completed 66 percent of his passes for 2,990 yards and 28 touchdowns, guiding the top-ranked Trojans to an Orange Bowl matchup with No. 2 Oklahoma and last year's AP player of the year, Jason White.

The AP player of the year voting was closer than this season's Heisman balloting, but the final order was similar. Leinart
received 17 votes from a nationwide panel of 64 media members.
White and his freshman teammate, Adrian Peterson, finished tied for
second with 12 votes each.

The award was established in 1998, and Texas tailback Ricky Williams was the first to win it.

Leinart has said he intends to return to USC for his senior
year, but it's looking like he's a lock to be a high first-round
NFL draft pick. He could even match Palmer again and go first
overall.

"I'm aware of the opportunity," Leinart said. "We'll see what
happens."

Oklahoma State: Cowboys cornerback Darrent Williams
will not play in the Alamo Bowl against Ohio State following a
suspension by coach Les Miles.

"He violated some team rules and is not on the trip," Cowboys
coach Les Miles said Wednesday. "He will not play."

Miles did not elaborate on why Williams had been suspended.

Williams, who was considered the Cowboys' best cornerback
entering the season after an all-Big 12 selection last season,
broke his right forearm in Oklahoma State's win against Iowa State
on Oct. 2.

After the injury, he returned to play one series and record one
tackle against Texas, but missed the remainder of the season.
Williams had participated on a limited basis in the Cowboys'
practices leading up to the Alamo Bowl.

Before his injury, Williams had also been the Cowboys' top punt
returner with an average of 27.7 yards on nine returns with one
touchdown.

Miles wasn't concerned about the Cowboys coping with Williams'
suspension.

"I've gotta be honest with you. The whole back half of the
season, we played without him," Miles said. "We knew exactly how
we were going to go. I just want to talk about the guys that are on
the trip and focus on the team that we played with the back half of
the year."

Temple: Temple linebacker Rian Wallace will skip his senior season and make himself eligible for the NFL draft.

Wallace was a first-team All Big East selection this year with 101 tackles, second in the conference. Wallace, a Pottstown, Pa., native, ranks eighth on Temple's career tackles list with 325 in 34 games.

Wallace's decision was no surprise. The
Owls face an uncertain future after being kicked out of the Big
East. They will play next year as an independent and an athletics
task force is expected to decide the future of the program next
month.

Colorado: An accountant who reviewed the University of
Colorado's finances as part of a grand jury investigation shouldn't
be allowed to testify on behalf of two women suing the school,
university lawyers said.

In a court filing Thursday in the lawsuit that sparked the
football recruiting scandal at the school, the university argued
that certified auditor and fraud examiner Daniel Predovich's
testimony would be irrelevant to the women's claims and that his
findings in the grand jury investigation are protected by court
order.

The lawsuit filed by former CU student Lisa Simpson claims she
was raped by football players or recruits during a drunken
off-campus party in December 2001. She claims the university
fostered an atmosphere that led to the alleged assault by using sex
to recruit athletes.

Another woman has joined Simpson's lawsuit. The trial is set for
May 31.